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Work Restrictions for Nuclear Medicine Patients
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- From: "James Mallon" <JMALLO@sandia.gov>
- Date: 28 Feb 1996 09:30:21 -0700
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Good Morning,
I am polling you to determine how many facilities restrict Nuclear Medicine
patients from Radioactive Material Areas. In previous experience at a
commercial nuclear plant, we would restrict access to the plant until the
worker could clear a portal monitor. This was done to avoid confusing plant
contamination with medical activity. Following a Tc-99m stress test a worker
would read as much as 35,000 cpm on a direct frisk. This activity was enough
to alarm a portal monitor 15 feet away(5 meters).
Currently at Sandia, RP only recommends that the worker not enter Rad
Materials Areas, leading to some problems. So I wanted to see how many
facilities restrict worker access following a nuclear medicine procedure.
Please respond to me directly and I will summarize and post the results to
RADSAFE. Thanks!
Jamie Mallon CHP
jmallo@sandia.gov
505-844-8287